@Goneawol I know it's scary now, but I'm pretty sure Durant will make a full recovery and be himself again. Unless there's just truly something messed up with his feet, which we can't really know right now.

You know when Russ had surgery on his hand? I talked with Presti on the phone Friday night, getting an update on what the situation was. He told me "surgery was a consideration." In reality, Russ was having surgery the next morning, or maybe even that night. So I had this news story I wrote up off Presti's comments, on Halloween night at like 10 p.m. which was then worthless in like eight hours because they announced Westbrook had undergone surgery on his hand.

That kind of stuff is absolutely bothersome. It wasn't lying, but it sure wasn't being direct and honest.

@CjEasyMoney$(THUNDER) And to add to that: They had every reason to believe the new screw would work fine. The fracture was healing as intended, which was the only reason they were really able to transition to that. But in that process of him returning to the floor, things didn't keep healing properly, which caused them to pull him off the floor and move to the more intensive bone graft procedure.

It didn't begin regressing until KD returned to practice a couple weeks ago. Before that, all imaging was showing proper healing. They moved to the new screw, which I don't believe could handle the workload and still promote healing, which caused a regression. At least that's how it's been described to me, if I'm understanding it all correctly. I'm not a doctor.

@MarkPetersen3 I know people want to point fingers at the Thunder's medical staff, but considering they didn't perform the surgeries, I don't see how this is their fault.

And I've asked around the league some. OKC's medical and training staffs are some of the most highly regarded there are. I think part of this appearance they've messed up two players, is with how conservatively they approach things. Westbrook could've probably gone without those other knee scopes, at least waiting until the offseason, but the Thunder weren't taking chances.

@BiLL'FKN'Murray! It's not the media that magnifies it. It's the players for saying it in the first place. And when you have global superstars like Durant and Westbrook, people care about the things they say.

Khris Middleton could sound the eff off tonight, and nobody would give a shit. Because he's Khris Middleton.

@meetkd They didn't know his fracture had regressed until a few days ago. That's what happened with his whole timeline of events. After he had the procedure to go to the new screw, the discomfort was supposed to reduce. When it didn't, they knew they had to figure out the next thing.